SDL_GPUTra...ferLocation(3type)

💖 SDL_GPUTransferBufferLocation 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the SDL3 DATATYPES corner of the manual, and today's main character is SDL_GPUTransferBufferLocation — a struct that tells everyone where in a transfer buffer something's going down. yes it's giving very "coordinates but for bytes". slay.

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✨ NAME ✨

SDL_GPUTransferBufferLocation — a structure specifying a location in a transfer buffer.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <SDL3/SDL_gpu.h>

typedef struct SDL_GPUTransferBufferLocation
{
    SDL_GPUTransferBuffer *transfer_buffer;  /**< The transfer buffer used in the transfer operation. */
    Uint32 offset;                           /**< The starting byte of the buffer data in the transfer buffer. */
} SDL_GPUTransferBufferLocation;

like, two fields. that's it. lowkey iconic for how much heavy lifting it does.

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So bestie, here's the vibe: this struct is used when transferring buffer data to or from a transfer buffer. that's the whole personality. you point at a transfer_buffer and you point at an offset — the starting byte of the buffer data in that transfer buffer — and the transfer operation knows exactly where to go. no cap, it's literally just a location, and the location is literally the point. 🎀

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

This struct has been available since SDL 3.2.0. so it's not new-new, but it's not ancient either. era-defining, honestly.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• SDL_UploadToGPUBuffer(3) — the going-in direction 🫶
• SDL_DownloadFromGPUBuffer(3) — the coming-back direction 💅
• SDL_GPUTransferBuffer(3type) — the buffer itself, the whole reason this struct has a job 🌈

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fr fr, if you're reaching for this struct, you're already deep in GPU transfer-buffer territory. hydrate. take a break. the bytes will still be there. 💜

Simple Directmedia Layer came through with this one — SDL 3.4.18, the version this page ships with — and that's your sign-off, bestie. go forth and transfer responsibly. 🦋✨💖